It’ll likely take longer before the State Health Plan releases public records detailing the proposals from three insurers seeking the contract to administer insurance for state workers and retirees.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield isn’t the only insurance company filing a formal protest against the State Health Plan’s decision to switch to Aetna in 2023.

The influential conservative group Americans For Prosperity has released its legislative agenda for North Carolina this year.

In a formal appeal filed Thursday, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina says the State Health Plan used “arbitrary criteria and a distorted scoring system” in its decision to switch to Aetna starting in 2025.

For months before the State Health Plan board voted to change insurance companies for the first time in over 40 years, staff and board members voiced concerns about the service they were getting from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.

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The N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs recently passed a resolution calling for the state to expand Medicaid.

While legislative leaders have said they don’t expect further action on Medicaid expansion until next year, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network rolled out new basketball-themed ads this week calling for action.

Atrium Health announced Friday that it's closed a merger deal with Illinois-based Advocate Aurora Health, forming a new health care organization called Advocate Health that will serve six million patients across six states.

Attorney General Josh Stein said late Thursday that he has no legal authority to block the proposed merger of Charlotte-based Atrium Health with Advocate Aurora of Illinois, but he still has concerns about the impact of the merger on health care in North Carolina.

As negotiations over Certificate of Need regulations continue to tie up Medicaid expansion, the conservative Americans For Prosperity Foundation issued a report Monday criticizing the CON process for expanding health care infrastructure.